Four ways to raise your charity’s profile
This blog looks at why your profile and visibility is important for your brand and four examples of how to increase it.
Give and Take: why is it so hard to measure public giving in the UK?
This week's blog looks at the findings from our latest report on how to measure public giving and some of the pitfalls and challenges in doing so.
The 12 Reports of Christmas 2014
It's Christmas time and as per tradition we're giving away 12 more of our reports. They address key issues like lobbying, fundraising and trust, plus a couple of niche ones like Gift Aid and media spending. Enjoy!
The Six Reports of Summer
We've been sending out quite a few free reports recently, so we thought we'd put them all in one convenient place. Here's a preview of what's available:
The Politics of Charities
What do the public think about charities having the right to lobby? And what does it mean to MPs and journalists for charities to 'be political'?
Global Digital Fundraising
Global communication has opened up new opportunities to engage with communities and key audiences. So what does this mean for non-profits in different environments?
The Right Attitude
Segmenting your key audiences enables you to reach the right people with the right messages – the ones that will inspire people to make a difference will help you to grow your organisation and meet your objectives.
By building up a detailed picture of your different audiences, their attitudes and their motivations, you can tailor your communications so they have the highest chance of achieving the action you’re looking for. But researching, creating and implementing attitudinal segments are not easy or cheap exercises.
Charity in the press: it can't all be bad news?
Being immersed in our sector, it can be easy to forget that we’re subject to a lot more news about charity than the general public. Sure, there are a few items that have a wide reach: scandals, Christmas ad round-ups, the occasional accusation from a politico. Or, charities can be used as a peripheral indicator of hardship, with a presence around the war in Ukraine, death of the Queen, or cost-of-living crisis. But in general, the relationship between the public and charities falls back on the belief that no news is good news.
Egg-cellent Easter reading
With the Easter bank holiday right around the corner, we’re recapping some of our eggs-quisite blogs and free reports on subjects that are hard to egg-nore.
Research Reflections
At the beginning of the month, we held a Research Reflections event where Co-Managing Directors Tim and Cian shared some of our research findings from the last 12 months, followed by a brief discussion of some charity sector issues.
Fundraisers should be worried about declining understanding of Gift Aid
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Gift Aid is a valuable scheme for the sector but our data shows a concerning decrease in the public's knowledge and understanding of Gift Aid over the last decade
‘Brew’ Monday - Mental Health in the UK
As we approach what has been called the most depressing day of the year, this week's blog looks into how mental health and wellbeing charities are changing the narratives surrounding "Blue Monday" to make it a more positive day and to encourage the British public to speak more about mental health.